Has anyone won the lottery

[Blue_mist]

Recently i became obsessed with lottery. I've been playing 50/50 raffle at local hospital for 3 months now, one draw every month. I know it's stupidity and I'm playing losing game, waste of time and money but it's giving me some kind of false hope. I don't know if I should stop and be realistic or continuing this madness

 

[Hollowman]

I won the lottery a couple days ago now I'm three dollars richer lol

 

[Blue_mist]

I won the lottery a couple days ago now I'm three dollars richer lol

Better than nothing lol

 

[Pluto]

I went through a phase like this. The lottery here tends to give a lot of people really small wins ($10 or so) which makes it all the more addictive.

Unlikely as it may be, a major win combined with being very smart would enable most people with suicidal ideation to recover. It's possible to attract a genuinely loving partner, move to a lovely place with a caring community, get the best of therapies and escape the drudgery of unpleasant work environments.

In practice, though, most people are not so smart. They cop a lot of jealousy, or attract very dubious people. In the end, they often say that their life would have been far better if they had never won the lottery.

 

[Zegers]

The lottery is another of the gov inventions to play with people illusions. I once won about $120 and played for years.

 

[Dead Ghost]

Once I got 8 euros and I was very excited, I bought a box of cookies, a drawing block, graphite pencils of different hardnesses, an eraser and I think a bag of chocolate filled muffins to eat between my mother and me... but it's been many years since then, I do not play regularly because I do not like that I do not touch anything.

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Una vegada em van tocar 8 euros i em va fer molta il·lusió, em vaig comprar una capsa de galetes, un bloc de dibuix, llapissos de grafit de diferents dureses, una goma d'esborrar i crec que una bossa de magdalenes farcides de xocolata per menjar entre ma mare i jo... però fa molts anys d'això, no sóc pas habitualment de jugar perquè no m'agrada que no em toqui pas res.

 

[makethepainstop]

Recently i became obsessed with lottery. I've been playing 50/50 raffle at local hospital for 3 months now, one draw every month. I know it's stupidity and I'm playing losing game, waste of time and money but it's giving me some kind of false hope. I don't know if I should stop and be realistic or continuing this madness

No, but I am trying like hell to do so, to escape my family and my job!

 

[Blue_mist]

No, but I am trying like hell to do so, to escape my family and my job!

Wish you all the luck in the world

 

[murphyy]

I won 5$, scratch-off card. Never played since to keep the win/loss ratio positive, hah. I find it's a waste of money. I'd rather buy a coke or something.

 

[bluem00n]

I won $23 last week, but that was from a $28 investment, so I'm $5 out-of-pocket.

I also won four free lines for the next draw, but once they fail to win anything I will be deleting my account, as it's a mug's game really.

To win the major mega-prize, you have to get all 8 balls correct out of 40 in the draw ...

Superficially, that doesn't look too difficult really, but of course there are 32 balls that you don't want, and if just one of those gets drawn you're instantly out of contention for the major prize.

So in practice, out of 18 lines that I buy, there's usually only one or two lines still in with a chance after the very first ball has been drawn! And those one or two lines are usually knocked out by the second ball.

Some lucky sod won $24 million last week, for just a $5 investment - I can't help feeling pissed off about that. Still, I console myself with the knowledge that a win wouldn't save me from inevitable suffering and death, the most it could ever do is just kick the can down the road.​

 

[L I F E T O L O S E]

i won three times,but, only $3\$5 \ $7.

 

[oneeyed]

Once I got 8 euros and I was very excited, I bought a box of cookies, a drawing block, graphite pencils of different hardnesses, an eraser and I think a bag of chocolate filled muffins to eat between my mother and me... but it's been many years since then, I do not play regularly because I do not like that I do not touch anything.

I'm more impressed you could get all that for 8 euros...

 

[Zegers]

I was hitting around 1k more than once in a bookmaker, its similar to casinos

 

[Grav]

I won $2 years ago and I did buy powerball tickets when it was up to 1billion+, just on the off chance I hit. Other than that I don't play.

 

[Exact Change]

Does a large inheritance count?

 

[Grav]

Does a large inheritance count?

Probably if you didn't know or like the person. Someone you cared for dying and leaving money isn't usually a "whoohooo" moment for me.

 

[GlassAlwaysEmpty]

I had a close family member win £25,000 on the lottery quite a few years ago.
Was able to pay if their debts and replacing their broken down car so came at the right time for them

 

[Exact Change]

Probably if you didn't know or like the person. Someone you cared for dying and leaving money isn't usually a "whoohooo" moment for me.

Yeah nothing to celebrate. But my mother was very old and decided it was time. She refused to eat while in hospice. And my father in law spent some difficult years after a major stroke. So both deaths were merciful endings.

 

[Zegers]

Yeah nothing to celebrate.

The main problem is that you're screwed and you're not going to relish it. Those who win the lottery and have health and the will to live i guess they are lucky

 

[WorthlessTrash]

Rather win the genetic/biological lottery than the monetary lottery as genetics/biology can't be earned while money can. But no, I never won either kind of lottery.

 

[Exact Change]

The main problem is that you're screwed and you're not going to relish it. Those who win the lottery and have health and the will to live i guess they are lucky

But it gives me security, paid for my kids' college loans, and money we placed in a trust for the kids.

 

[jackpotwinandmesafe]

I went through a phase like this. The lottery here tends to give a lot of people really small wins ($10 or so) which makes it all the more addictive.

Unlikely as it may be, a major win combined with being very smart would enable most people with suicidal ideation to recover. It's possible to attract a genuinely loving partner, move to a lovely place with a caring community, get the best of therapies and escape the drudgery of unpleasant work environments.

In practice, though, most people are not so smart. They cop a lot of jealousy, or attract very dubious people. In the end, they often say that their life would have been far better if they had never won the lottery.

Damn ,i would treat lottery jackpot so nice if it picked me.

 

[Life'sA6itch]

Recently i became obsessed with lottery. I've been playing 50/50 raffle at local hospital for 3 months now, one draw every month. I know it's stupidity and I'm playing losing game, waste of time and money but it's giving me some kind of false hope. I don't know if I should stop and be realistic or continuing this madness

Can't say I'm obsessed however, I have begun playing the lottery too. Most I've won is $500 USD. Kind of scary you said it too but, I'm also feeling a false sense of hope when I do play it. Maybe that's why lotteries earn so much money, peddling false hope.

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

Oh yes. I'm an eccentric millionaire. But money can't buy happiness and all my win has done is remind me of how empty and meaningless our existence truly is. Either that or I'm lying.